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List of one-club men in association football

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A one-club man is a sportsman who has played his entire professional career with only one club. The term is often used in the context of team sports such as football or rugby.^[1]^[2]

Playing and post-playing careers

In addition to those who spent their entire playing career with a single club, there are several examples of players remaining with a single club throughout their entire career within the professional club game – playing, coaching, and management. Notable examples are listed below.

Ilshat Aitkulov (Gazovik Orenburg): player 1990–2003; assistant 2003–2005; manager 2005; caretaker 2006, 2009, 2011.
Michael Anhaeuser (Charleston Battery): player 1994–1998; coach 1999–2021.
Joe Bacuzzi (Fulham): player 1935–1956; reserve team coach 1956–1965.
Franco Baresi (AC Milan): player 1977–1997; youth team coach 2002-2008; marketing board 2008-2017; brand ambassador 2017–2020; honorary vice-president 2020–present.
Şeref Bey (Beşiktaş): manager 1911–1925.
Edmund Białas (Lech Poznań): player 1934–1951; manager 1956–1976 with intervals.
Arnold Sowinski (Lens) : player 1952-1966; coach 1969-1978, 1979-1981, 1988, 1989.
Fred Blankemeijer (Feyenoord): player 1942–1952, technical director, board member, youth coach and scout 1940–2010.
René Domingo (Saint-Étienne): player 1949-1964, reserve team coach 1964-1968.
Giampiero Boniperti (Juventus): player 1946–1961; board member 1962–1971; club president 1971–1990; CEO 1991–1994; club honorary president 2006–2021 (his death).
George Bray (Burnley): player 1937–1952; coach 1952–1974; kit manager 1974–1992.^[13]
Ross Caven (Queen's Park): player 1982–2002; director 2001–present.
Cosme Damião (Benfica): football player 1904–1916 (main squad 1907–1916); field hockey player; manager 1908–1926 (player-coach 1908–1916); director of the club's sports newspaper 1913–1931; stage director of the club's theatrical group (1916); president of the club's General Assembly 1931–1935.
Romain Danzé (Rennes): player 2006–2019; youth-team assistant 2019; public relations and development director 2020–present.
Giacinto Facchetti (Inter Milan): technical director, board member, worldwide ambassador, vice president, and president 2004–2006.
Agustín Gaínza (Athletic Bilbao): player 1940–1959; reserve coach 1964–1965; head coach 1965–1968.
Éric Sikora (Lens): player 1985-2004; coach assistant 2005-2006; youth-team coach 2006-2012; assistant coach 2012; coach 2012-2013; reserve team coach 2013-2017; coach 2017-2018; youth-team coach 2021-2022; head post-training formation 2022–present.
Nicolas Seube (Caen): player 2001-2017; youth-team assistant 2017-2019; reserve assistant 2019-2020; youth-team coach 2020-2022; formation director 2021-present; reserve coach 2022–present.
Louis Provelli (Valenciennes-Anzin): player 1957-1970; coach 1970.
Boris Gavrilov (Shinnik Yaroslavl): player 1971–1989; assistant manager 1989–1992.
John Greig (Rangers): player 1961–1978; manager 1978–1983; director 2003–2011.
Les Hart (Bury): player 1936–1953; Coach/Physio 1954–1968; Manager 1969–1971; Physio 1972–1980.
Eddie Hunter (Queen's Park): player 1964–1974; coach 1974–1979; manager 1979–1994.
(Kolec Kraja) (Partizani): player 1956-1964; coach 1988-1989.
Anatoly Ilyin (Spartak Moscow): player 1949–1962; youth coach 1962–1995.
Aage Rou Jensen (AGF): player 1941–1962; handball player; tennis player; gymnastic and swimming at AGF; manager 1963; president 1964-1967.
Ledley King (Tottenham Hotspur): player 1999–2012; assistant first team coach 2020–2021.
Nat Lofthouse (Bolton Wanderers): player 1939–1960; Manager 1968–1970 and also 1971; assistant trainer 1961; chief coach 1967; chief scout; Club President 1968–2011.
Mykola Lykhovydov (Real Pharma Odesa): president since 2000; player since 2000 (professionally since 2011); manager 2000–2003, 2009–2012, 2016–2017 and 2019–2020.
Paolo Maldini (AC Milan): player 1984–2009; sporting strategy and development director 2018–2019; technical director 2019–2023.
Donnie McKinnon (Partick Thistle): player 1959–1973, coach/physiotherapist 1973–1989.
Gerard Meijer (Feyenoord): physiotherapist 1959–2009.
Jean Petit (Monaco): player 1969-1982; assistant coach 1987-1994; coach 1994; assistant coach 1994-2005; coach 2005; assistant coach 2011–present.
Willie Miller (Aberdeen): player 1972–1990; coach 1990–1992; manager 1992–1995; director of football 2004–2012.
Bill Nicholson (Tottenham Hotspur): player 1938–1955; manager 1958–1974.
Kenneth Ohlsson (Hammarby IF): player 1966–1983; coach 1989–1992.
Bob Paisley (Liverpool): player 1939–1954; coach/physiotherapist 1954–1959; assistant manager 1959–1974; manager 1974–1983.
Carles Puyol (Barcelona): player 1999–2014; assistant director of football 2014 (resigned the same year).
Roman Rogocz (Lechia Gdańsk): player 1947–1962; manager and youth team manager 1962–1975 with intervals.
Hussein Saeed (Al-Talaba): player 1975–1990; manager 1992; vice-president 1985–1992.
Ali Sami Yen (Galatasaray): player 1905–1909; manager 1916–1917; club president 1905–1918 and 1925.
Süleyman Seba (Beşiktaş): player 1946–1953; club president 1984–2000.
Vadym Sosnykhin (Dynamo Kyiv): player 1960–1973; youth-team coach 1974–1991; veterans team director 1992–2003.
Steinar Pettersen (Strømsgodset IF): player 1962–1975; bandy player during 60s; coach 1979.
Roy Sproson (Port Vale): player 1949–1972 and manager 1974–1977.
George Stevenson (Motherwell): player 1923–1939; manager 1946–1955.
Lajos Tichy (Budapest Honvéd): player 1953–1971; manager 1976–1982.
Francesco Totti (A.S. Roma): player 1993-2017; technical director 2017-2019.
Andriy Tsvik (Stal Alchevsk): player 1987–2005; reserves coach 2005–2007; assistant manager 2007–present.
Josu Urrutia (Athletic Bilbao): player 1987–2003; club president 2011–2018.
Johan Radet (Auxerre): player 1996-2007; third-team coach 2011-2012; reserve coach 2012-2013; youth-team coach 2013-2014; reserve coach 2014-present.
Antoon Verlegh (NAC Breda): player 1912–1931; manager, chairman, chairman of honour 1931–1960.
Heinz Wewers (Rot-Weiss Essen): player 1949–1962; runner of stadium pub 1957–approx.1962; manager 1967.
John Stewart Wright (Greenock Morton): player 1911–1924; manager 1927–1929 and 1934–1939.
Lev Yashin (Dynamo Moscow): player 1949–1971; club administration 1971–1990.
Hakkı Yeten (Beşiktaş): player 1931–1948; manager 1949 and 1950–1951; club president 1960–1963, 1964–1966 and 1967–1968.
Francesco Zagatti (AC Milan): player 1951-1963; youth team coach 1963-1982; club scout 1982-2002.
Michael Zorc (Borussia Dortmund): player 1981–1998; general manager of football 1998–2022.

Notes

[N 1]
Spanish league began in 1929
[N 2]
The sport season in 1990–91 was not held in Kuwait due to the Gulf War
[N 3]
Excludes the 6 years during World War II 1939-1945 when all competitions were suspended
[N 4]
The club was named BSG Aktivist Ost Brieske in 1950 and became part of the DDR-Oberliga. Then the football section was delegated to the newly founded SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg between 1954 and 1963. After SC Aktivist was relegated from the DDR-Oberliga in 1963, the entire first team was delegated to SC Cottbus, a predecessor of Energie Cottbus. The second team rejoined the BSG Aktivist Brieske-Ost which, after merging with the BSG Aktivist Senftenberg, competed as BSG Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg from February 1972. Horst Franke played with the second team in 1964 and in 1965 in DDR-Liga, thus is considered to play at the same club.
[N 5]
Appeared in a one-off sponsored event for Cork Celtic six years after he retired in 1972. He was told by his sponsor Adidas that this was a charity match. However, it turned out to be an official League of Ireland match.^[55]
[N 6]
He played for SC Fives between 1939 and 1944, year when the club merged with Olympique Lillois to form Lille OSC.
[N 7]
He played for SC Fives between 1935 and 1944, year when the club merged with Olympique Lillois to form Lille OSC.
[N 8]
He played for Olympique Lillois between 1936 and 1944, year when the club merged with SC Fives to form Lille OSC. Prévost did not play between 1939 and 1945 due to World War 2 where he was taken prisoner and so remained unattached until 1945 when he played with new team Lille OSC.
[N 9]
Wang played for Tianjin Vanke and later Tianjin TEDA, which was formed in 1998 by merger of Tianjin Vanke and Tianjin F.C. after both teams were relegated at the same time in 1997, thus is considered to play at the same club.
[N 10]
Following the relocation of Wimbledon F.C. to Milton Keynes, Wimbledon F.C.'s footballing assets became MK Dons in 2004. MK Dons, however, agreed to relinquish the history of Wimbledon F.C. in 2007
[N 11]
LÍF Leirvík has merged with GÍ Gøta to form Víkingur Gøta in 2008.
[N 12]
Újbuda FC merged with Budafoki MTE in 2013.

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[liga-3] [N 1]
Spanish league began in 1929

[Kuwait-5] [N 2]
The sport season in 1990–91 was not held in Kuwait due to the Gulf War

[15] [N 3]
Excludes the 6 years during World War II 1939-1945 when all competitions were suspended

[25] [N 4]
The club was named BSG Aktivist Ost Brieske in 1950 and became part of the DDR-Oberliga. Then the football section was delegated to the newly founded SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg between 1954 and 1963. After SC Aktivist was relegated from the DDR-Oberliga in 1963, the entire first team was delegated to SC Cottbus, a predecessor of Energie Cottbus. The second team rejoined the BSG Aktivist Brieske-Ost which, after merging with the BSG Aktivist Senftenberg, competed as BSG Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg from February 1972. Horst Franke played with the second team in 1964 and in 1965 in DDR-Liga, thus is considered to play at the same club.

[60] [N 5]
Appeared in a one-off sponsored event for Cork Celtic six years after he retired in 1972. He was told by his sponsor Adidas that this was a charity match. However, it turned out to be an official League of Ireland match.^[55]

[67] [N 6]
He played for SC Fives between 1939 and 1944, year when the club merged with Olympique Lillois to form Lille OSC.

[68] [N 7]
He played for SC Fives between 1935 and 1944, year when the club merged with Olympique Lillois to form Lille OSC.

[69] [N 8]
He played for Olympique Lillois between 1936 and 1944, year when the club merged with SC Fives to form Lille OSC. Prévost did not play between 1939 and 1945 due to World War 2 where he was taken prisoner and so remained unattached until 1945 when he played with new team Lille OSC.

[70] [N 9]
Wang played for Tianjin Vanke and later Tianjin TEDA, which was formed in 1998 by merger of Tianjin Vanke and Tianjin F.C. after both teams were relegated at the same time in 1997, thus is considered to play at the same club.

[72] [N 10]
Following the relocation of Wimbledon F.C. to Milton Keynes, Wimbledon F.C.'s footballing assets became MK Dons in 2004. MK Dons, however, agreed to relinquish the history of Wimbledon F.C. in 2007

[73] [N 11]
LÍF Leirvík has merged with GÍ Gøta to form Víkingur Gøta in 2008.

[75] [N 12]
Újbuda FC merged with Budafoki MTE in 2013.

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Name	Nationality	Club	Debut	Span (years)	League apps
Yanti Barsales	Philippines	Philippine Air Force	1994	29
Jargalsaikhany Enkhbayar	Mongolia	Khangarid	1997	26
Lee Casciaro	Gibraltar	Lincoln Red Imps	1998	25	127+
Gary Manson	Scotland	Wick Academy	2000	23	585
Jamrin Johari	Brunei	Wijaya	2002	21
Mönkhtogtokhyn Idersaikhan	Mongolia	Khangarid	2002	21	^[62]
Dean Lewington	England	Wimbledon / Milton Keynes Dons^{[notes 10]}	2003	20	771
Igor Akinfeev	Russia	CSKA Moscow	2003	20	501
Sølvi Vatnhamar	Faroe Islands	LÍF Leirvík / Víkingur Gøta^{[notes 11]}	2003	20	491
Willie West	Scotland	Fraserburgh	2003	20	^[63]
Pak Chol-jin	North Korea	Amrokgang	2003	20
Slobodan Lučić	Serbia	Budućnost Dobanovci	2004	19	492
Toshihiro Aoyama	Japan	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2004	19	396
Go Yo-han	South Korea	Seoul	2004	19	305
Kim Myong-Gil	North Korea	Amrokgang	2004	19
Zouhair Abdallah	Lebanon	Shabab Sahel	2004	19
Purevsuren Jargalsaikhan	Mongolia	Erchim	2004	19
Lewis Stevenson	Scotland	Hibernian	2005	18	450
Mark Scerri	Malta	Sliema Wanderers	2005	18	307
Yasser Al-Mosailem	Saudi Arabia	Al-Ahli Jeddah	2005	18	214
Walid Mhadeb El Khatroushi	Libya	Al-Ittihad	2005	18
Pak Nam-chol	North Korea	Amrokgang	2005	18
Kim Kyong-il	North Korea	Rimyongsu	2005	18
Jong Chol-min	North Korea	Rimyongsu	2005	18
Yun Yong-il	North Korea	Wolmido	2005	18
Richard Macadie	Scotland	Wick Academy	2006	17	503
Hashem Adnan	Kuwait	Al-Yarmouk	2006	17
Hisashi Jogo	Japan	Avispa Fukuoka	2006	17	441
Leigh Broxham	Australia	Melbourne Victory	2006	17	397
Jan Jeřábek	Czech Republic	Pardubice	2006	17	344
Wang Shenchao	China	Shanghai Port	2006	17	316
Cai Huikang	China	Shanghai Port	2006	17	302
Maksim Medvedev	Azerbaijan	Qarabağ	2006	17	302
Lü Wenjun	China	Shanghai Port	2006	17	272
Daníel Laxdal	Iceland	Stjarnan	2006	17	272+
Barak Lavi	Israel	Maccabi Herzliya	2006	17
Bryan Hay	Scotland	Fraserburgh	2006	17
Jordan Owens	Northern Ireland	Crusaders	2007	16	491
Bram van Polen	Netherlands	PEC Zwolle	2007	16	500
Guillaume Jannez	France	Concarneau	2007	16	363
Mahmut Tekdemir	Turkey	İstanbul Başakşehir	2007	16	327
Volodymyr Chesnakov	Ukraine	Vorskla Poltava	2007	16	317
Hassan Al-Haydos	Qatar	Al Sadd	2007	16	261
Itumeleng Khune	South Africa	Kaizer Chiefs	2007	16	257
Dávid Kovács	Hungary	Újbuda / Budafoki MTE^{[notes 12]}	2007	16	250
Anton Shunin	Russia	Dynamo Moscow	2007	16	237
Igor Araújo	Portugal	Sporting da Covilhã	2007	16	153
Fahad Hamoud	Kuwait	Kuwait SC	2007	16
Ro Hak-su	North Korea	Rimyongsu	2007	16
Hiroki Miyazawa	Japan	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	2008	15	468
Martin Männel	Germany	Erzgebirge Aue	2008	15	465
Thomas Müller	Germany	Bayern Munich	2008	15	428
Freddy Winsth	Sweden	Värnamo	2008	15	340
Brian Cameron	Scotland	Elgin City	2008	15	320+
Mahmmoud Kanadil	Israel	Bnei Sakhnin	2008	15	308
Yan Junling	China	Shanghai Port	2008	15	262
Andreas Hopmark	Norway	Kristiansund	2008	15	257
Shochi Niiyama	Japan	Vanraure Hachinohe	2008	15	243+
Andrea Paroni	Italy	Virtus Entella	2008	15	240
Saad Al Sheeb	Qatar	Al Sadd	2008	15	235
Ayoub Vali	Iran	Foolad	2008	15	229
Tony Jantschke	Germany	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2008	15	222
Marcel Ziegl	Austria	Ried	2008	15	221
Róaldur Jakobsen	Faroe Islands	B36 Tórshavn	2008	13	215
Georgi Shchennikov	Russia	CSKA Moscow	2008	15	212
Dendi Santoso	Indonesia	Arema	2008	15	211
Ali Mabkhout	United Arab Emirates	Al Jazira	2008	15	206
Salman Al-Faraj	Saudi Arabia	Al-Hilal	2008	15	191
Rhyan Grant	Australia	Sydney	2008	15	220
Naoki Hatta	Japan	Júbilo Iwata	2008	15	124
Dhari Said	Kuwait	Qadsia	2008	15
Kim Jin-hyeon	South Korea	Cerezo Osaka	2009	14	480
Milton Molina	El Salvador	Isidro Metapán	2009	14	440
Carlos Arce	Argentina	Barracas Central	2009	14	437
Moez Ben Cherifia	Tunisia	Espérance	2009	14	368
Takumi Yamada	Japan	Montedio Yamagata	2009	14	358
Iker Muniain	Spain	Athletic Bilbao	2009	14	344
Koke	Spain	Atlético Madrid	2009	14	343
Mark van der Maarel	Netherlands	Utrecht	2009	14	321
Graham Zusi	United States	Sporting Kansas City	2009	14	281
Patrick Herrmann	Germany	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2009	14	271
Kamil Jadach	Poland	GKS Jastrzębie	2009	14	273+
Kyohei Noborizato	Japan	Kawasaki Frontale	2009	14	267
Andri Rafn Yeoman	Iceland	Breiðablik	2009	14	263
Necip Uysal	Turkey	Beşiktaş	2009	14	423
Snir Shoker	Israel	Hapoel Ra'anana	2009	14	241
Philipp Bargfrede	Germany	Werder Bremen	2009	14	204
James Aguirre	Colombia	Atlético Bucaramanga	2009	14	156
Mukhlis Nakata	Indonesia	Persiraja Banda Aceh	2009	14	93
Waleed Al Hayam	Bahrain	Muharraq Club	2009	14
Kyriakos Kyriakou	Cyprus	Othellos Athienou	2009	14
Pak Sung-hyok	North Korea	Sobaeksu	2009	14
Ri Phyong-chol	North Korea	Pyongyang	2009	14
Niklas Bürger	Germany	Victoria Rosport	2009	14
Lars-Christopher Vilsvik	Norway	Strømsgodset	2010	13	343
Bjorn Kristensen	Malta	Hibernians	2010	13	313
Martin Ueland	Norway	Åsane	2010	13	291^[64]
Artsyom Skitaw	Belarus	Vitebsk	2010	13	283
Ross Allan	Scotland	Wick Academy	2010	13	265
James Forrest	Scotland	Celtic	2010	13	258
Russell Teibert	Canada	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2010	13	251
Joris Chougrani	France	Rodez	2010	13	242
Jakob Ahlmann	Denmark	AaB	2010	13	234
Karim Boudiaf	Qatar	Al-Duhail	2010	13	232
Zheng Zheng	China	Shandong Taishan	2010	13	216
Stanislav Dostál	Czech Republic	Zlín	2010	13	213
Sergi Roberto	Spain	Barcelona	2010	13	208
Andrea Deidda	Luxembourg	Jeunesse Esch	2010	13	194
Takuma Arano	Japan	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	2010	13	189
Wang Tong	China	Shandong Taishan	2010	13	183
Alan Hughes	Scotland	Wick Academy	2010	13	175
Ladislav Janda	Czech Republic	Vlašim	2010	13	171
Roope Autio	Finland	JäPS	2010	13	158+
Zhang Chi	China	Shandong Taishan	2010	13	150
Ghanem Haddaf	Qatar	Al-Sailiya	2010	13	75
Chea Samnang	Cambodia	Svay Rieng FC	2010	13	40+
Sok Samnang	Cambodia	Svay Rieng FC	2010	13
Ali Salim Al-Nahar	Oman	Dhofar	2010	13
Sami Al-Sanea	Kuwait	Kuwait SC	2010	13
Hamza Agrebi	Tunisia	Club Africain	2010	13
Ilja Zelentsov	Estonia	Maardu Linnameeskond	2010	13
Davaajav Battör	Mongolia	Erchim	2010	13
Ri Hyong-jin	North Korea	April 25	2010	13
Fabian Klos	Germany	Arminia Bielefeld	2011	12	381
Kieran Mills-Evans	Wales	Newtown	2011	12	312
Hiroki Fujiharu	Japan	Gamba Osaka	2011	12	311
Teitur Gestsson	Faroe Islands	HB	2011	12	308
Shoma Doi	Japan	Kashima Antlers	2011	12	303
Maximilian Arnold	Germany	VfL Wolfsburg	2011	12	251
Ryota Oshima	Japan	Kawasaki Frontale	2011	12	248
Thibault Sinquin	France	Concarneau	2011	12	239
Wahyu Subo Seto	Indonesia	Bhayangkara	2011	12	181
Nacho Fernández	Spain	Real Madrid	2011	12	175
Mykola Lykhovydov	Ukraine	Real Pharma Odesa	2011	12	171
Shahin Abdulrahman	United Arab Emirates	Sharjah	2011	12	161
Ásgeir Eythórsson	Iceland	Fylkir	2011	12	160
Nguyễn Thanh Bình	Vietnam	SHB Da Nang	2011	12	157^[65]
Rasyid Bakri	Indonesia	PSM Makassar	2011	12	156
Orri Gunnarsson	Iceland	Fram	2011	12	148
Ahmed Fatehi	Qatar	Al-Arabi	2011	12	122
Nkosingiphile Gumede	South Africa	Golden Arrows	2011	12	118^[66]
Ahmed Shambih	United Arab Emirates	Al-Nasr	2011	12	101
Mohammed Al-Rabiei	Qatar	Qatar	2011	12	95
Mehran Golzari	Iran	Gol Gohar	2011	12
Connor Scully	Scotland	Cove Rangers	2011	12
Reece Fleet	England	Oxford City	2011	12
Om Chol-song	North Korea	April 25	2011	12
Jo Kwang	North Korea	Sobaeksu	2011	12
Ri Il-jin	North Korea	Sobaeksu	2011	12
Altansükhiin Erdenebayar	Mongolia	Khangarid	2011	12
Mönkhbaataryn Altankhüü	Mongolia	Khangarid	2011	12
Bekhbatyn Ganbat	Mongolia	Ulaanbaataryn Unaganuud	2011	12
Simon Johansson	Sweden	Västerås	2012	12	302^[67]
Manu Trigueros	Spain	Villarreal	2012	11	348
Christian Günter	Germany	Freiburg	2012	11	322
Timo Horn	Germany	1. FC Köln	2012	11	329
Anthony Lopes	Portugal	Lyon	2012	11	302
Artjom Škinjov	Estonia	Narva Trans	2012	11	262
Andrés Camacho	Argentina	Flandria	2012	11	259
José Gayà	Spain	Valencia	2012	11	259
Ross McGeachie	Scotland	Stirling Albion	2012	11	257
Liu Binbin	China	Shandong Taishan	2012	11	248
Ulrik Saltnes	Norway	Bodø/Glimt	2012	11	234
Domenico Berardi	Italy	Sassuolo	2012	11	232
Benjamin Heinesen	Faroe Islands	B36 Tórshavn	2012	11	223
Koji Hachisuka	Japan	Vegalta Sendai	2012	11	219
Chitipat Tanklang	Thailand	Buriram United	2012	11	210
Thomas Rotter	Austria	TSV Hartberg	2012	11	191^[68]
Ali Assadalla	Qatar	Al Sadd	2012	11	176
Osvaldo Bosso	Chile	Audax Italiano	2012	11	146
Hussein Zein	Lebanon	Ahed	2012	11	143
Hou Sen	China	Beijing Guoan	2012	11	91
Abdullah Madu	Saudi Arabia	Al Nassr	2012	11	89
Stian Nygard	Norway	Åsane	2012	11
Bilgüün Ganbold	Mongolia	Erchim	2012	11
Liran Sardal	Israel	Hapoel Haifa	2013	10	251
Jordan Marié	France	Dijon	2013	10	244
Håvard Åsheim	Norway	Fredrikstad	2013	10	229
Håvar Jensen	Norway	Fredrikstad	2013	10	204^[69]
Hoàng Minh Tâm	Vietnam	SHB Da Nang	2013	10	204
Oleh Slobodyan	Ukraine	Obolon Kyiv	2013	10	186
Ludvig Begby	Norway	Fredrikstad	2013	10	185
Nazariy Fedorivskyi	Ukraine	Obolon Kyiv	2013	10	179
Ali Salmeen	United Arab Emirates	Al-Wasl	2013	10	176
Maximilian Hofmann	Austria	Rapid Wien	2013	10	169
Abdullah Ghanem	United Arab Emirates	Sharjah	2013	10	141
Ahmed Barman	United Arab Emirates	Al-Ain	2013	10	140
Đặng Anh Tuấn	Vietnam	SHB Da Nang	2013	10	133
Hồ Sỹ Sâm	Vietnam	Song Lam Nghe An FC	2013	10	110
Maher Sabra	Lebanon	Nejmeh	2013	10	74
Khaled Mahmoudi	Qatar	Qatar	2013	10	66
Mohamed Hedi Gaaloul	Tunisia	CS Sfaxien	2013	10	46
Bartal Wardum	Faroe Islands	HB	2013	10
Hilmar Leon Jakobsen	Faroe Islands	HB	2013	10
Adriano Francioni	San Marino	Domagnano	2013	10
Loizos Kosmas	Cyprus	Enosis Neon Paralimni	2013	10
Chiu Yu-hung	Taiwan	Taipower	2013	10
Daniel Itodo	Nigeria	Plateau United	2013	10
Amanuel Yohannes	Ethiopia	Ethiopian Coffee	2015	9

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Name	Nationality	Club	From	To	Span (years)	League appearances	Ref.
Vittorio Abbate	Italy	Malakoff	1966	1978	12
Mohamed Abd Al-Jawad	Saudi Arabia	Al-Ahli	1980	1995	15
Hossein Abdi	Iran	Persepolis	1987	2000	13
Moustafa Abdou	Egypt	Al Ahly	1971	1987	16
Basil Abdul Nabi	Kuwait	Al-Salmiya	1980	1997	17	378
Majed Abdullah	Saudi Arabia	Al-Nassr	1975	1998	23	455
Juan Carlos Ablanedo	Spain	Sporting Gijón	1982	1999	17	401
Samir Aboud	Libya	Al-Ittihad	1991	2013	22	615
Fritz Abromeit	West Germany	Rot-Weiss Essen	1946	1957	11	67
Domingo Acedo	Spain	Athletic Bilbao	1914	1929	15	0^{[notes 1]}
Adalberto	Portugal	Paços de Ferreira	1988	2005	17	380
Tony Adams	England	Arsenal	1983	2002	19	504	^[3]
Jimmy Adamson	England	Burnley	1947	1964	17	426
Ermanno Aebi	Italy	Inter Milan	1910	1922	12	142
Gonzalo Aguilar	Uruguay	Racing	2006	2023	17	317
Watty Moore	England	Hartlepool	1948	1960	12	447
Fawaz Al-Ahmad	Kuwait	Kazma	1987	2005	17^{[notes 2]}
Charlie Aitken	Scotland	Motherwell	1950	1966	16	314
Ilshat Aitkulov	Russia	Gazovik Orenburg	1990	2003	13	396
Flórián Albert	Hungary	Ferencváros	1958	1974	16	339
József Albert	Hungary	Szegedi AK	1930	1941	11
Sjaak Alberts	Netherlands	Vitesse	1942	1953	11
Carlo Albini	Italy	Brescia	1935	1949	14	327
Ken Johnson	England	Hartlepool	1949	1964	15	384
Francisco Albino	Portugal	Benfica	1932	1945	13	172
Svend Albrechtsen	Denmark	Akademisk Boldklub	1935	1949	14
Manuel Rodríguez Alfonso	Spain	Celta Vigo	1966	1982	16	432
Ángel Allegri	Argentina	Vélez Sársfield	1946	1960	14	384	^[4]
Altair	Brazil	Fluminense	1955	1971	16	551
Sait Altınordu	Turkey	Altınordu	1929	1956	27	847	^[5]
Talal Al-Amer	Kuwait	Qadsia	2007	2018	11	147
Abdulaziz Al-Anberi	Kuwait	Kuwait	1971	1988	17
Sante Ancherani	Italy	Lazio	1901	1912	11	^{[citation needed]}
Andrew Anderson	Scotland	Heart of Midlothian	1929	1939	10	315
Andy Anderson	Scotland	Partick Thistle	1971	1982	11	198
Fredrik Andersson	Sweden	Halmstads BK	1988	2001	13	246
Roy Andersson	Sweden	Malmö FF	1968	1983	15	327
Thomas Andersson	Sweden	Örebro SK	1988	2006	18
Tor Arne Andreassen	Norway	Haugesund	2003	2017	14	300
Franco Andreoli	Switzerland	Lugano	1935	1947	12